Uninfected individuals born to mothers living with HIV at risk of obesity and asthma

BOSTON – Adolescents and young adults who were born to mothers with HIV but remained uninfected themselves still face a greatly heightened risk of obesity and asthma-like symptoms, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have found. In a study published in Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS), the team revealed for the first time…

EurekAlert! fellowship spotlights early-career science journalists from Latin America, other emerging regions

Five early-career science journalists from emerging regions will attend the 2020 AAAS Annual Meeting as winners of the 2020 EurekAlert! Fellowships for International Science Reporters. The winners will receive financial support to travel to Seattle, Wash., where the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific meeting will take place Feb. 13-16. Fellowship applications were accepted from China,…

Fecal transplantation to treat patients with Parkinson’s disease: Hope or hype?

Amsterdam, NL, November 15, 2019 – Constipation is a common complaint in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Fecal microbiome transplantation (FMT) and pre- and probiotics are potential options for treating constipation and restoring the microbiome of patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD), but scientists warn that clinical data are scarce, and more research is needed before…

Relevant social stimuli may reduce interest in drugs

Researchers of the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Malaga (UMA), specialized in addictive disorders, have demonstrated in an animal model that the presence of a relevant social stimulus reduces interest in cocaine. These members of the “Neuropsychopharmacology Applied to Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Disorders” group of the Institute of Biomedical Research in Malaga (IBIMA),…

The DFG to fund 16 new research training groups

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is establishing 16 new Research Training Groups (RTGs) to further support early career researchers. This was decided by the responsible Grants Committee in Bonn. The new RTGs will receive a total of approximately €72 million in funding for an initial period of four and a half years, starting…